Three Men to Kill
| Trois hommes à abattre Three Men to Kill | |
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| Directed by | Jacques Deray |
| Written by |
Jean-Patrick Manchette (novel) Jacques Deray Alain Delon Christopher Franck |
| Starring |
Alain Delon Dalila Di Lazzaro |
| Music by | Claude Bolling |
| Cinematography | Jean Tournier |
Production company |
Antenne-2 Adel Productions Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) |
Release dates | 31 October 1980 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $16.5 million[1] |
Trois hommes à abattre (English: Three Men to Kill) is a French crime film released in 1980, directed by Jacques Deray, starring Alain Delon with Dalila Di Lazzaro. The screenplay is written by Jacques Deray, Alain Delon and Christopher Franck based on the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette.
The story is about Michel Gerfaut (Delon), charming professional card player who out of nowhere becomes involved in some retribution between weapon traders of high level.
The movie was a great boxoffice success.[2] Three Men to Kill is the first film of a group of popular movies released in the 1980s and starring Alain Delon, which share a visual and narrative style, followed by For a Cop's Hide (1981) and Le battant (1983).
Synopsis
Michel Gerfaut (Alain Delon) is a handsome middle-aged man who lives in Paris, France. He has a beautiful girlfriend and works as a professional poker player. One night, as he is on his way to yet another card game, he comes across a car accident. Noticing that the driver of the crashed car is still alive, he brings him to the hospital. A newspaper article later reveals that the man, who was actually a high-ranking functionary, has died, and that two of his colleagues were killed the same night (the titular three men to kill). The men were assassinated as they were about to blow the whistle on a deal involving faulty guided missiles.
Gerfaut is followed by two hitmen who saw him at the crash site and mistakenly assumed that he is a mercenary hired by other armament manufacturers to sabotage the deal. After several attempts on the lives of him and his girlfriend are made, Gerfaut flees and follows a series of clues that eventually lead him to the head of the conspiracy, an arms dealer named Emmerich. Emmerich doesn't believe Gerfaut's claims of innocence and becomes furious, causing himself a fatal heart attack. Emmerich's assistant then offers Gerfaut a job as his enforcer, but Gerfaut refuses and walks away, believing everything to be over.
The next day, Gerfaut and his girlfriend are seen having a walk in Paris where another pair of hitman ambushes and shoots Gerfaut.
Cast
- Alain Delon as Michel Gerfaut
- Dalila Di Lazzaro as Béa
- Michel Auclair as Leprince
- Pascale Roberts as Mrs Borel
- Lyne Chardonnet as nurse
- Jean-Pierre Darras as Chocard
- Bernard Le Coq as Gassowitz
- François Perrot as Etienne Germer
- André Falcon as Jacques Mouzon
- Féodor Atkine as Leblanc
- Daniel Breton as Carlo
- Christian Barbier as Liethard
- Simone Renant as Mrs Gerfaut
- Pierre Dux as Emmerich
References
- ↑ Box office information for film at Box office story
- ↑ Trois hommes à abattre - film review